Andy Vidak takes early lead in special election race

Special election for 16th State Senate District seat

4:30 AM,
May 22, 2013

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Visalia native Andy Vidak took an early lead in Tuesday's special election for the 16th California Senate District.

Polls in Tulare, Kern, Kings and Fresno counties closed at 8 p.m. A count of absentee ballots showed that Vidak, now a Hanford farmer and businessman, had 53 percent of the votes. Democrat Leticia Perez of Bakersfield was a distant second with just under 40 percent of the votes.

A tally of votes cast at polling sites in the four counties wasn't immediately available Tuesday evening. ...